To apply to be a MT3 developers, you should meet the following requirements:

Experience with portable C/C++ programming

Experience with audio programming

Experience with graphic/UI programming

Experience with assembler is a plus

Experience with Linux is a plus

Clean, organized person

Experience with CVS/SVN (MT3 should be on SVN)

Drop me a mail if you're interested or know someone who'd be interested.

I would be able to contribute as time allows in the following ways:

- Graphics / Interface / Ideas (I'm not a coder but...
- Donation of my own tracked modules as demonstration tunes (whatever of my stuff you wish, IF you deem any of it worthy)
- Testing on Ubuntu Linux
- Testing on Windows XP (VMWare is my friend!
- Anything else that is needed of me, provided it's within my abilities

As for suggestions, I have a couple off the top of my head:

#1 - Support of playback (not necessarily saving) of: All formats module Winamp Supports (which seems to be the vast majority), *.skm format (support can be found via in_skale.dll though you may have already known that -- skm has the very nice ability to encode the samples individually using ogg where as with *.mo3 format players can not seem to be able to view any of the extended data), *.mo3 format (load / playback only, as per my previous mention of mo3).

#2 - The option for allowing MadTracker to load samples into Audacity for extended editing and saved back into the module when Audacity is exited.

Anyways, I look forward to MT3 and I'll help in whatever ways I can as you deem are needed.

UBUNTU, yes! I logged in tonight intending to ask if open source meant I would soon see MT on my beloved Ubuntu. It works well enough in Wine, but......... I miss some of my VSTs.

Well open source tends to mean the sky's the limit but it's up to the birds, if ya know what I mean. Logically, the more people that work on a project, the more skill each person has and if everyone is able to efficiently work *together* then an open source project can accomplish great things in short order.

The longer things take with a project, typically (but not always) it means there is a severe lack of coordination within that community and / or the Dev Team is tiny because most of the people on the "outside looking in" who are able to do something, are too busy / lazy / unmotivated.

Open Source can be a double edge sword like this so it's up to all of us to show support and interest, one way or another.

#2 - The option for allowing MadTracker to load samples into Audacity for extended editing and saved back into the module when Audacity is exited.

-Dave

You can check the KEEP ON DISK option in the sample window, so that every time you edit and save that sample in Audacity, Madtracker2 will ask you if you want to use the updated version.

Wow, that I didn't know. You see, I'm not very familiar with MT specifically -- I simply support open source, Linux and I'm *always* willing to use a Tracking Software that I've never used before.

It's also amazing the things that are possible with Tracking Softwares now compared to the Dialup BBS Scene in the 1990's. As the 21st century BBS Scene has implemented things like multiprotocol BBS Software such as Synchronet (www.synchro.net), softwares like MadTracker, SkaleTracker, MilkyTracker, CheeseTracker, SoundTracker, etc... have revolutionized the Demoscene Tech as well.

Hell, I've reticently stumbled upon NitroTracker (nitrotracker.tobw.net) which for those who do not know, is a Tracker in development for the Nintendo DS!! Now how cool is that? lol

Theres something else I had been pondering for awhile and I figured I'd mention it. Something I don't have time to do but something I'd love to see happen.

A Demoscene Tracking group not based on who's friends with who or on a quota system (ie: x amount of tracks per month to retain membership) -- but something a bit more relaxed.

The head (or heads) of the group would still "quality screen" but it would not be on a per-month quota system. 3 Approved tracks gets you membership with no obligations afterwards. Whether the composer produces 100 more accepted tracks or disappears off the face of the planet after only 3, being listed as a member would never be revoked.

The list could simply have an activity rank based on the date of the last approved submission and the amount of approved tracks. So someone with 20 approved tracks who's last track was submitted a month ago, would have a higher rank than someone with 5 approved tracks who's last track was 6 months ago (or a higher rank than someone with 50 approved tracks who's lack track was a year ago).

For anyone with enough time to undertake being the head of such a thing, well... madtracker.org does have hosting available so "trackers.madtracker.org" perhaps ... and of course "Mad Trackers" seems like as good a group name as any

In todays world where most of us are adults in this scene, time is just not what it used to be. So it would be cool to have a group that does not have the strict policies that most others have had.